496 Note on the Navigation of the river Nurbudda. [No. 151. 



In the present day, when steam communication has become so ex- 

 tensive and so necessary, we cannot too deeply feel the importance of 

 relying upon this country alone for the supply of coal required for its 

 consumption. No coal has been found nearer to Bombay than that 

 above alluded to in the Hosungabad district. All this supply there- 

 fore would be available for the western coast. The discovery of coal 

 beds at a nearer point than they are now, is so remote a contingency, 

 that it can hardly be said to affect the present question. 



The following compilation has been made with a view to exhibiting, 

 in a concise form, all the authentic information which has been ob- 

 tained up to the present time regarding this important river. 



The materials from which it has been drawn, consist chiefly of 

 Information whence official documents on the records of Government, 

 obtained. extending from 1820 to the present time. An ex- 



tract has, however, been appended from an interesting report, to be 

 found in Appendix No. II, of Malcolm's Central India, on the Geo- 

 logy of that part of the country, furnished by Captain Dangerfield. 



The map (reduced from one compiled in the Office of the Surveyor 

 General of India,) which will be found attached, shews the course of 

 the river from Hosungabad to the sea. On it the principal obstacles 

 to the navigation are noted. 



The amount of information already acquired may be best exhibited 

 The information Dv dividing the whole length of the river, from 

 how to be exhibited. Hosungabad to the sea, into three portions, and 

 treating each separately. 



1st. From Hosungabad to Mundleysir. 



2d. From Mundleysir to Tulluckwara, and 



3d. From Tulluckwara to Baroche. 



Hosungabad to Mundleysir. — The river taking its rise in Gond- 



Ist Portion, warra passes Hosungabad in a stream of about 900 yards 

 broad, and is at this point, distant about 318 miles, in a direct line 

 from the sea. 



Between Hosungabad and Mundleysir our first information re- 



1st. Native Sur- garding the stream is derived from a report made 

 veyor in 1833-34. ^y a nat j ve surV eyor employed by Captain Ouseley, 

 Principal Assistant to the Governor General's Agent at Hosunga- 

 bad. 



